Clothes-hook



(No Model.)

B. W. PHILBROOK.

CLOTHES HOOK.

No. 335,237. Patented Feb. 2 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMELINE XV. PHILBROOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTH ES-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,237, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed November 12, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMELINE W. PHIL- BROOK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Hooks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention has reference more particularly to the construction of hooks or hanging devices for suspending garments in closets or The hooks made in accordance with the invention may, however, be used for other purposes.

The object of the invention is to economize or utilize to best advantage the space of closets or wardrobes, to prevent garments hung from the hooks from being rumpled or creased by being pressed against the wall or against one another, and to protect them from moth and dust.

The hanger or clothes-hook is preferably made with three hooks or branches in the same horizontal plane-one projecting at right angles from the wall, the other two on opposite sides of the first. lVith a hook so constructed many garments can be hung in a small space without crowding. Each of these branches or separate hooks is of undulating shape in horizontal section-that is to say, is provided with a number of depressions, whereby two or more garments can be hung thereon without pressing one upon the other, or the same garment can be hung by two or more loops, if so heavy as to be pressed into creases by its own weight when hung from a single loop. The back part of the hook is inclined upward, so as to keep the garmentfrom press ing against the wall. The back plate of the hook is provided with small fastening devices, to which a cloth cover to protect the garments is attached. This cover is constructed, as hereinafter described, so as to be drawn closely around the articles suspended from the hook.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the clothes hook and cover; Fig. 2, a side elevation, partly in section, of the hook.

As shown, the clothes hook or hanger has three branches or independent hooks, A A A, all projecting from a common back plate, B,

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the latter being provided with screw-holes for attachment to a wall. The middle hook, A, projects at right angles to the plate B, while the side hooks project therefrom at angles of about forty-five degrees. Preferably book A and plate B are formed in one piece, of brass or other metal,while the side hooks are formed separately, and each with a back plate, j, which is fastened by screws or otherwise to plate B.

The shape of the upper edge of each hook is undulating-that is to say, provided with a series of depressions, a, at a suitable distance apart, so that two or more garments can be suspended from each hook. As the edge inclines upward on each side of the point a, the hanging loop cannot readily be moved longitudinally on the hook, the garments being thereby kept aproper distance from each other and from the wall to which the hook is attached. The hook A is shown as provided with three of these depressions, and hooks A A with two each.

Attached to the base or back plate, 13, are small fastening devices b c, the former near the top and the latter at the bottom of said plate. The objectof these is to furnish means of attachment for the cover or protector G. The latter is made of stout cotton cloth or other suitable material. At the top it is provided with a gatheringcord, cl. It is adapted to open down the front. Vhen closed, the flap 6 on one part overlaps the other edge. The lower edges of the cover may be stitched together. At the back is a short slit having eyelets near the edge.

The manner of attaching the cover to the fastening devices I) c is illustrated in Fig. 1. \Vhen so suspended, with the flap 6 folded over the opposite edge and fastened in any suitable way and the gathering-cord cl drawn tight, the garment or garments upon the clothes-hook will be completely enveloped.

The invention, as illustrated and described, is explained in the best form known to me; but it will be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise materials and other mere details of construction, except where specified as essential in the claims forming part of this specification, since it is evident that these may be varied within certain limits.

arms provided in its upper edge with a series of two or more depressions properly shaped and spaced, so that several articles may be hung upon the said hook or device without crowding against each other, substantially as described.

2. A clothes-hook provided upon the back plate with a series of small hooks or similar devices for the attachment of a cloth cover, substantially as described. 1

3. The combination, with the clothes-hook,

of the cloth cover open in front and having thereat a flap, as specified, and provided with a gathering-cord around the top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMELINE WV. PHILBROOK.

\Vitnesses;

I JAMES A. L. WHITTIER,

H. SELDEN LORING. 

